Grieving father says daughter’s death by illegal alien shows cost of sanctuary policies

A twelvemonth aft his girl was killed successful a hit-and-run clang successful Urbana, Illinois, Joe Abraham has confronted the quality outgo of the state’s failed borderline and migration policies and demanded Illinois lawmakers admit her decease for the archetypal time.

While Operation Midway Blitz, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) migration enforcement cognition targeting transgression amerciable immigrants, was launched successful grant of Katie Abraham's death, Abraham besides warned amerciable immigrants to "do things the close way."

"If you privation to truly beryllium portion of America and travel successful here, past you person got to bash things the close way," said Abraham, who is featured successful a video for The American Border Story, a nationalist inaugural exposing the quality interaction of America’s borderline crisis.

"There has got to beryllium an orderly process wherever radical person to recognize however to behave here," helium told Fox News Digital, earlier describing the soundlessness helium experienced from authorities enactment that compounded the symptom of his nonaccomplishment adjacent further.

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DHS launched "Operation Midway Blitz" successful grant of Katie Abraham, who was killed successful a drunken-driving, hit-and-run car wreck caused by a transgression amerciable alien successful sanctuary Illinois. (Department of Homeland Security)

"I received utter soundlessness and indifference from my governor," said Abraham. "Katie got disrespect and silence." Abraham said neither Pritzker, Sen. Dick Durbin, Sen. Tammy Duckworth nor his authorities oregon section representatives person reached retired to him since she was killed.

Abraham adjacent recalled attending a legislature Oversight Committee lawsuit successful 2025 astatine which Pritzker and different sanctuary authorities governors testified, erstwhile Katie’s lawsuit was cited.

"We were sitting respective feet distant from him successful Congress, and helium didn’t walk 2 seconds – didn’t adjacent look successful our direction," helium said. "Father to begetter – I expected him to care."

"I wanted him to say, ‘Things got retired of control. We’re moving connected it.’ I wanted enactment and wanted him to admit Katie’s life. She was worthy 5 seconds of his time," helium added.

Katie died successful the aboriginal greeting hours of Jan. 19, 2025, erstwhile constabulary said a drunk amerciable alien slammed into the conveyance she was riding successful with friends and fled the scene.

A 2nd young woman, Chloe Polzin, 21, of Deerfield, died the pursuing time from her injuries.

"They were astatine a stoplight successful beforehand of the infirmary and were barreled into from the rear astatine astir 80 mph by an amerciable migrant who was drunk driving," Abraham said.

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Joe Abraham criticized Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker's handling of amerciable immigration.  (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

"[Katie] died connected the scene… They had to rip unfastened that Honda Civic… similar a tuna tin to resistance her dormant assemblage retired of it," Abraham said, earlier describing his girl arsenic vibrant, driven and afloat of promise.

"Katie was a productive, talented, beauteous woman, truthful intelligent, truthful funny, truthful witty. She had this mode of bringing radical successful and making them consciousness seen."

She loved sports and the water, helium said, and had her full beingness up of her but volition present ne'er spot her get married, and helium said helium will, "never locomotion her down the aisle oregon spot her children."

Abraham said the driver, Julio Cucul-Bol, is simply a Guatemalan nationalist utilizing a Mexican alias.

Authorities said Cucul-Bol had antecedently been deported from the U.S. He was arrested adjacent Dallas portion connected a autobus heading to Matamoros, Mexico. Police said helium was recovered with fake Mexican recognition nether the sanction Juan JaHaziel Saenz-Suarez.

Cucul-Bol was sentenced to 30 years successful situation aft accepting a plea woody for charges including leaving the country of a clang resulting successful death, aggravated DUI resulting successful decease and reckless homicide.

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Operation Midway Blitz was launched successful Katie Abraham's honor. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

The Department of Justice (DOJ) had charged him with possessing a mendacious Social Security card, possessing a mendacious imperishable nonmigratory card, making a mendacious connection connected a slope exertion and mendacious usage of a passport.

"The contented was that erstwhile helium came into the U.S. determination were nary inheritance checks. There were nary wellness checks," Abraham said. "He had HIV. That’s successful the tribunal transcripts and tribunal documents."

Cucul-Bol could not work oregon constitute and spoke neither English nor Spanish – rather, helium spoke a Mayan language, according to Abraham. "He wasn’t moving and wasn’t productive. This was besides not his archetypal foray into drunk driving," helium said.

"ICE has to spell retired connected the streets now, due to the fact that Illinois won't cooperate," helium said. "You can’t propulsion retired the invited mat to anyone and everyone, unchecked and unvetted, and past lavation your hands of the consequences."

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Abraham alleges that neither his governor, senators – including Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., pictured – nor his authorities and section representatives contacted him pursuing his daughter's death. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Illinois and the metropolis of Chicago filed a suit against the national authorities implicit Operation Midway Blitz, alleging that President Donald Trump’s medication violated Tenth Amendment protections done what the suit described arsenic "unlawful and violent" enforcement tactics.

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"We tin opposition Pritzker with Donald Trump, who invited america to the White House, who looked maine successful the eye, begetter to father. He acknowledged Katie’s beingness and said things are retired of control, and helium volition enactment to hole it," helium added. "This past twelvemonth without my girl has been the astir brutal twelvemonth of my life."